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Snow Squall Warning 7, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly

December 11, 2025Monroe County, Pennsylvania

NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this snow squall warning at Dec 11, 2025, 6:05 PM EST for Monroe County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 40 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued
Dec 11, 2025, 6:05 PM EST (23:05 UTC)
Expired
Dec 11, 2025, 6:45 PM EST
In force
40 min
Issued by
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Area
Storm-based polygon

County Monroe County, PA

The radar

The Binghamton radar (KBGM), 140 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 23:03 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

Open the radar archive at this moment

The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.

The nearest sounding before it

Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 11.1 hours before the alert went out and 199 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2025-12-11Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 0 joules per kilogram.LCLEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Brookhaven, NY at 12:00Z on 2025-12-11The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity -106 square meters per square second.1939587897117Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
0 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
No buoyant parcel
Mixed-layer LCL
1100 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
60 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
-106 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
-10 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

Open this sounding in Storm Lab

The text

As transmitted.

760 
WWUS51 KPHI 112305
SQWPHI

BULLETIN - IMMEDIATE BROADCAST REQUESTED
Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
605 PM EST Thu Dec 11 2025

PAC089-112345-
/O.NEW.KPHI.SQ.W.0007.251211T2305Z-251211T2345Z/
Monroe PA-
605 PM EST Thu Dec 11 2025

The National Weather Service in Mount Holly NJ has issued a

* Snow Squall Warning for...
  Monroe County in northeastern Pennsylvania...

* Until 645 PM EST.

* At 605 PM EST, a dangerous snow squall was located over Pocono
  Pines, or near Mount Pocono, moving east at 35 mph.

  HAZARD...Intense bursts of heavy snow and gusty winds leading to 
           blowing snow and visibility rapidly falling to less than 
           one-quarter mile. Wind gusts up to 35 mph.

  SOURCE...Radar and webcams.

  IMPACT...Travel will become difficult and potentially dangerous 
           within minutes.

This includes portions of Interstate 80 and 380 in Monroe County.

Locations impacted include...
Mount Pocono, East Stroudsburg, Tobyhanna, Stormville, Henryville,
Pocono Pines, Pocono Raceway, Delaware Water Gap, Skytop,
Tannersville, Mountainhome, Alpine Mountain, Long Pond, Reeders,
Analomink, McMichael, Canadensis, Scotrun, Paradise Valley, and
Gouldsboro State Park.

PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...

Slow Down! Rapid changes in visibility and road conditions are
expected with this dangerous snow squall. Be alert for sudden
whiteout conditions.

&&

LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4113 7507 4095 7515
      4095 7517 4093 7522 4092 7522 4104 7556
      4123 7549 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2305Z 290DEG 30KT 4109 7542 

SNOW SQUALL...OBSERVED

$$

AKL
1 follow-up statement
731 
WWUS51 KPHI 112342
SQWPHI

Snow Squall Warning
National Weather Service Mount Holly NJ
642 PM EST Thu Dec 11 2025

PAC089-112352-
/O.EXP.KPHI.SQ.W.0007.000000T0000Z-251211T2345Z/
Monroe PA-
642 PM EST Thu Dec 11 2025

...THE SNOW SQUALL WARNING FOR MONROE COUNTY WILL EXPIRE AT 645 PM
EST...

The snow squall that prompted the warning has weakened. Therefore,
the snow squall warning will be allowed to expire.

LAT...LON 4115 7515 4114 7509 4113 7507 4095 7515
      4095 7517 4093 7522 4092 7522 4104 7556
      4123 7549 4125 7513
TIME...MOT...LOC 2342Z 290DEG 30KT 4099 7505 

$$

AKL

The office that day

Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Dec 11, 2:24 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningPHIMonroe36 min
Dec 11, 2:57 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningPHIMonroe33 min
Dec 11, 4:17 PM ESTSnow Squall WarningPHIMonroe28 min

Nearby

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.